Description
Collection Number: WC 11997
Object Number:
Dates: 674 - 685
Denomination: Nummus 201/2 Follis
Dimensions: 21.00mm
Weight: 3.79g
Authority: Constantine IV
Obverse Type: No inscription. Bust 3/4 facing, bearded, wearing cuirass and helmet with cross and plume and diadem, the ties of which are visible to the left. In right hand, spear held behind head, no shield. In field right, M. Extremely crude portrait
Obverse Legend:
Anepigraphic
Obverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Obverse Mintmarks:
M
Obverse Inscription Comment: See curator's comments
Reverse Type: K, to left M, to right cross
Reverse Legend:
(K)
Reverse Mintmarks:
M
Reverse Inscription Comments: See curator's comments
Bibliography
MIB III p. 259 n. 87, Plate 36
DOC II pp. 541-542 n. 37, Plate XXXIV
BNP p. 384 nn. 9-11, Plate LIX
BMC Byz vol. 2, pp. 318-319 nn. 33-38, Plate XXXVII,1
Ratto p. 78 nn. 1675-1676, Plate XXXVII
Sabatier vol. II p. 18 n. 31, Plate XXXVI,18
Tolstoj p. 828 n. 134, Plate 60
Sommer p. 221 n. 13.18
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